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1 Franc
| Issuer | Nationaal Hulp en Voedingskomiteit Dendermonde (National Aid and Food Committee of Dendermonde) |
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| Currency | Franc |
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| Obverse lettering | NATIONAAL HULP EN VOEDINGSKOMITEIT DENDERMONDE GOED VOOR 1 FRANK GELDIG VOOR AANKOOP VAN LEVENSMIDDELEN IN HET MAGAZYN VAN HET KOMITEIT OF IN DE WINKELS DER STAD AANGENOMEN DOOR HET KOMITEIT DRANKHUIZEN UITGESLOTEN Geldig tot 15 Maart eerstkomende. De Schatbewaarder De Voorzitter A. DU CAJU - BEECKMAN - DENDERMONDE |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on plain, undecorated paper and was left blank by the issuer, carrying only a post-issue handwritten notation added in violet ink. |
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During the German occupation of Belgium in World War One, the normal banking infrastructure collapsed entirely in many towns. Local communes, charitable committees, and emergency bodies began issuing their own fractional notes — bons de nécessité — to keep small transactions functioning when coin disappeared from circulation entirely. Dendermonde, a town that suffered catastrophic destruction in August 1914 when German forces burned much of it, was among the communities that eventually organized such a committee.
Printed locally by Du Caju-Beeckman rather than by one of the major Belgian printers, this note reflects the improvised, hyperlocal nature of occupation-era necessity currency. Production quality varied significantly across the series.